Look out beyond the walls of Babylon
Like a part of me
That life will become
Rolling out over the desert floor
There's a part of me
Oh Lord
Fall away leaving only the sound of the drum
And the fuse is burning
I want to say right now I'm going to be around
And the fear of living for nothing strangles the will
How long will their needs go unfilled
Through an open door
And the years that I spent lost in the mystery
You have nothing to lose
Are there really people starving still?
(You are what you choose to be)
Alive in eternity
Through every dead and living thing
(I want to hear the sound)
(That speaks to the heart of me)
Time runs like a fuse
When the walls and towers are crumbling
There's a fire high in the empty sky
There's a long distance loneliness
(When the towers are tumbling down)
Where the sound meets the shore
(It speaks to the heart of me)
Of the waters lapping on a higher ground
(It's never far from me)
And the earth is turning
Though the years give way to uncertainty
Whether what I hear is music or the wind
Forget what life used to be
Though sometimes it's hard to see
And I will tune my spirit to the gentle sound
Saying
That nothing can kill
Whatever it is you might think you have
It's whatever it is you see
